Kelvin Grove

Kelvin Grove

Let us haste to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O

Thro' its mazes let us rove, bonnie lassie, O

Where the roses in their pride

Deck the bonnie dingle side

Where the midnight fairies glide, bonnie lassie, O.

Let us wander by the mill, bonnie lassie, O

To the cove beside the rill, bonnie lassie, O

Where the glens rebound the call

Of the roaring waters' fall

Thro' the mountains rocky hall, bonnie lassie, O.

Oh, Kelvin banks are fair, bonnie lassie, O

When the summer we are there, bonnie lassie, O

There the Maypink's crimson plume

Throws a soft but sweet perfume

Round the yellow banks o' broom, bonnie lassie, O.

Tho' I dare not call thee mine, bonnie lassie, O

As the smile of fortune's thine, bonnie lassie, O

Yet with fortune on my side

I could stay thy father's pride

And win thee for my bride, bonnie lassie, O.

But the frowns of fortune lour, bonnie lassie, O

On thy lover at this hour, bonnie lassie, O

Ere you golden orb of day

Wake the warblers on the spray

From this land I must away, bonnie lassie, O.

Then farewell to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O

And adieu to all I love, bonnie lassie, O

To the river winding clear

To the fragrant scented brier

Even to thee of all most dear, bonnie lassie, O.

When upon a foreign shore, bonnie lassie, O

Should I fall midst battle's roar, bonnie lassie, O

Then, Helen, should'st thou hear

Of thy lover on his bier

To his memory shed a tear, bonnie lassie, O.